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The Potteries Prize

The Potteries Prize for Flash Fiction 2018!

We’re thrilled to announce the results of our second Potteries Prize for Flash Fiction competition in conjunction with Stoke-on-Trent Libraries. We had a huge mark up on number of entries from last year and the stories did not disappoint. Many thanks to our judges Joely Dutton, Adam Lock, Debbi Voisey and -our winner from 2017- Bev Adams for their careful consideration of each and every entry. Our judge Joely said ‘The standard of the entries was very high. It’s been a joy to read the submitted stories. There was a good variation in the styles and genres of the pieces – I read horror, sci-fi, memoir, romance, comedy – each unique but all sharing great creativity. Stoke is home to big ideas! I was impressed by how these stories grabbed me emotionally, or made me laugh out loud; the humour was wonderful.’

Here are our shortlisted stories… Each placed entry will have an excerpt printed on a postcard, copies of which will be available across the city and be published on Stoke-on-Trent libraries website page. Shortlisted entrants will be invited to a prize giving event in November where our head judge, Steve Campbell from https://www.ellipsiszine.com/ will announce the overall winner. Congratulations everyone!